The man's motives were described as "nationalistic, xenophobic and anti-Semitic"
and he is also described by Polish officials as having been inspired and
fascinated by Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last year.

After 18 months in which the issue of
racism on and off the pitch has dominated headlines, the recommendations are
the result of work carried out in the wake of a Downing Street summit convened
by the prime minister in February following the John Terry and Luis Suárez incidents.

But, unfortunately, these
kinds of incidents are very common in football. Italian club Lazio was fined $52,000 by UEFA following racist chanting by its supporters in September; the Serbian Football Association was fined $105,000 following an Under-21 match in which opposing players from the England team said they were racially abused.

The 'manifesto' was outlined in a direct letter to the Russian club’s officials,
asking that Zenit refrain from signings any new players from outside of their
neighbouring nations. The group demanded that only players from fellow Slav
nations like Belarus and the Ukraine, along with Baltic and Scandinavian
countries should be allowed to play for Zenit.